The Republic of HJT240 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.536 billion HJT240ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 52.0%.

The strong HJT240ian economy, worth 103 trillion liberatuses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 67,551 liberatuses, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

There's sophisticated talk of revolution within the ever-expanding mining colonies, politicians sweat as journalists scour internet archives for any mention of them, muscular women are banned from competing in sporting competitions, and truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. HJT240's national animal is the griffin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

HJT240 is ranked 69,647^th in the world and 3,857^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,737.68 on the Gilded Widget Scale.